Tag Archives: Arrangement

Visiting Professor Workshops June 26-27, 2017

Jiyuka / Freestyle Our first evening with Professor Chino focused on freestyle. After professor Chino’s demonstration students chose from a variety of material to create their arrangements which were then corrected by the professor. Professor Chino’s skill and helpful comments … Continue reading

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Catch Up Time

It has been a busy session and we appreciate the dedication of our students. Anticipation and enthusiasm are high as we wrap up the Spring term with our first workshops with a visiting Ikenobo professor from Japan. Pictures of that … Continue reading

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Fall Classes and Workshop News

First, a reminder to mark your calendar now for June 26 (evening)  and 27 (daytime) 2017 when we will have workshops with a visiting Ikenobo professor from Japan. Stay tuned for further details as we get closer to the date … Continue reading

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Sanshuike to Start September

Pictures are posted for the last class of the Wednesday evening Beginners’ series. Many thanks for your enthusiastic participation and we hope you will find time to continue, either in the Fall classes or come Spring. The Thursday groups also … Continue reading

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Kurimoto Japanese Garden Exhibit and Demonstration June 5, 2016

It was an honour to be invited back to the Spring Festival at the Kurimoto Japanese Garden this year. Many thanks to all who were able to come out for the day and help create an exhibit that was appreciated … Continue reading

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Jiyuka / Freestyle October 15

In this lesson we worked on seasonal freestyle arrangements with an emphasis on points. Material selection: Sunflower petite, asparagus fern, leather leaf, mini-moon carnations, pumpkin tree, hypericum, snowberry, rose hips, branches This week’s K-cup challenge also produced some interesting results … Continue reading

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Lesson 2 of the Beginners’ Series

In our second lesson of this series we reviewed the shoka isshuike form using horse tail reeds and then the transformed the arrangement into a nishuike by replacing the tai group with yellow roses. Pictures of the completed nishuike arrangements … Continue reading

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Jiyuka /Freestyle June 18

Tonight we explored mass using a selection of the following material: Smokebush (Continus), Hydrangea, Pittosporum, Alstroemeiria, Pincushion, Lisianthus, Aspidistra, Tree (Asparagus) Fern, Sunflower. Great work everyone, and my apologies for the weird colour cast on the photos, oops, will check … Continue reading

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March / April Update

I saw a robin today, yeah Spring! Thanks for your patience everyone. Here are the pictures, at long last. We finished off March with shoka sanshuike and shifted to freestyle in April. Each week we have been exploring a different … Continue reading

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Fall Lesson Photos

It has been a busy season with workshops in Vancouver and San Diego, our regular club lessons (see below), and a Beginners’ Series.  Thanks for all the great participation everyone. Coming up next, our last regular lesson of the season, … Continue reading

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